Star Micronics DOT MATRIX PRINTER SP2000, SP2000 Series Programmer's Manual

Dot Matrix Printer

SP2000 Series

Programmer’s Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Control Codes (Star Mode) ......................................................................... 1

1-1. Control Codes List ..............................................................................1

1-1-1. Character Selection .................................................................. 1

1-1-2. Print Position Control...............................................................3

1-1-3. Dot Graphics Control ............................................................... 4

1-1-4. Download Graphics Printing .................................................... 4

1-1-5. Peripheral Device Control ........................................................ 4

1-1-6. Auto Cutter Control (SP2500 type printers only) .................... 5

1-1-7. Commands to Set the Page Format .......................................... 5

1-1-8. Other Commands...................................................................... 6

1-2. Control Code Details...........................................................................7

1-2-1. Character Selection .................................................................. 7

1-2-2. Print Position Control.............................................................17

1-2-3. Dot Graphics Control ............................................................. 25

1-2-4. Download Graphics Printing .................................................. 28

1-2-5. Peripheral Device Control ...................................................... 31

1-2-6. Auto Cutter Control (SP2500 type printers only) .................. 33

1-2-7. Command to Set the Page Format..........................................35

1-2-8. Other Commands.................................................................... 36

2. ESC/POS Mode Commands.......................................................................48

2-1. Control Codes List ............................................................................ 48

3. Auto Status Specifications......................................................................... 51

3-1. Auto Status ........................................................................................ 51

Appendix : Character Code Tables................................................................ 57

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1-1. Control Codes List

The following tables show the Star Mode commands that are supported by
this printer.

1-1-1. Character Selection

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "R"

n

1B 52

n

Selects the international character set 7

<ESC> "/" "1" 1B 2F 31

Selects slash zero

7
<ESC> "/" <1> 1B 2F 01
<ESC> "/" "0" 1B 2F 30

Selects normal zero 7

<ESC> "/" <0> 1B 2F 00
<ESC> <GS> "t"

n

1B 1D 74

n

Selects the character code table 8
<ESC> "6" 1B 36 Selects character set #2 10
<ESC> "7" 1B 37 Selects character set #1 10
<ESC> "M" 1B 4D Selects the 7 X 9 (half dot) font (Default) 10
<ESC> "P" 1B 50 Selects the 5 X 9 (2 pulses per dot) font 11
<ESC> ":" 1B 3A Selects the 5 X 9 (3 pulses per dot) font 11
<ESC> <SP>

n

1B 20

n

Sets character spacing 11
<SO> 0E Sets the printing magnified double in

12

character width
<DC4> 14 Resets the printing magnified in

12

character width (Default)

1. Control Codes (Star Mode)

2

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "W" "1" 1B 57 31 Selects double magnification in character

12

<ESC> "W" <1> 1B 57 01 width
<ESC> "W" "0" 1B 57 30

Resets magnification in character width 12
<ESC> "W" <0> 1B 57 00

<ESC> "h" "1" 1B 68 31 Selects double magnification in character

12

<ESC> "h" <1> 1B 68 01 height
<ESC> "h" "0" 1B 68 30

Resets magnification in character height 12
<ESC> "h" <0> 1B 68 00

<ESC> "-" "1" 1B 2D 31

Selects underlining 13
<ESC> "-" <1> 1B 2D 01

<ESC> "-" "0" 1B 2D 30

Cancels underlining (Default) 13
<ESC> "-" <0> 1B 2D 00

<ESC> "_" "1" 1B 5F 31

Selects upperlining 13
<ESC> "_" <1> 1B 5F 01

<ESC> "_" "0" 1B 5F 30

Cancels upperlining (Default) 14
<ESC> "_" <0> 1B 5F 00

<ESC> "4" 1B 34 Selects red color printing (SP2360/2560)

14

Selects highlight printing (SP2320/2520)
<ESC> "5" 1B 35 Cancels red color printing (SP2360/2560)

14

Cancels highlight printing (SP2320/2520)
<SI> 0F Inverted printing 14
<DC2> 12 Cancels inverted printing (Default) 15
<ESC> <RS> "i" "0" 1B 1E 96 30 Cancels rotated print mode for text

15

<ESC> <RS> "i" <0> 1B 1E 96 00 (Default)
<ESC> <RS> "i" "1" 1B 1E 96 31 Specifies rotated print mode for text with

15

<ESC> <RS> "i" <1> 1B 1E 96 01 a 270° rotation.
<ESC> <RS> "i" "2" 1B 1E 96 32 Specifies rotated print mode for text with

15

<ESC> <RS> "i" <2> 1B 1E 96 02 a 90° rotation.
<ESC> "E" 1B 45 Selects emphasized printing 15
<ESC> "F" 1B 46 Cancels emphasized printing (Default) 15
<ESC> "U"

n

1B 55

n

Selects print direction 16

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1-1-2. Print Position Control

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<LF> 0A Line feed 17
<VT> 0B V ertical tab 17
<FF> 0C Form feed 17
<CR> 0D Carriage Return 18
<ESC> "a"

n

1B 61

n

Feeds paper n lines 18
<HT> 09 Horizontal tab 18
<ESC> "A"

n

1B 41

n

Defines n/72-inch line spacing 19
<ESC> "2" 1B 32 Sets n/72-inch line spacing 19
<ESC> "z" "0" 1B 7A 30

Sets line spacing to 1/12-inch 19
<ESC> "z" <0> 1B 7A 00

<ESC> "z" "1" 1B 7A 31

Sets line spacing to 1/6-inch (Default) 19
<ESC> "z" <1> 1B 7A 01

<ESC> "0" 1B 30 Sets line spacing to 1/8-inch 19
<ESC> "1" 1B 31 Sets line spacing to 7/72-inch 20
<ESC> "J"

n

1B 4A

n

One time n/72-inch feed 20
<ESC> "3"

n

1B 33

n

Sets line spacing to n/216-inch

20

approximately
<ESC> "y" 1B 79

n

Sets line spacing to n/144-inch 20
<ESC> "D"

n1 n2

... <0> 1B 44

n1 n2

... 00 Sets horizontal tab stops 21

<ESC> "l"

n

1B 6C

n

Sets left margin 21
<ESC> "Q"

n

1B 51

n

Sets right margin 22
<ESC> <GS> "a" "0" 1B 1D 61 30

Left justification (Default) 23
<ESC> <GS> "a" <0> 1B 1D 61 00

<ESC> <GS> "a" "1" 1B 1D 61 31

Centering 23
<ESC> <GS> "a" <1> 1B 1D 61 01

<ESC> <GS> "a" "2" 1B 1D 61 32

Right justification 23
<ESC> <GS> "a" <2> 1B 1D 61 02

<ESC> "B"

n1 n2

... <0> 1B 42

n1 n2

... 00 Set vertical tab stops 24

4

1-1-3. Dot Graphics Control

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "K" n <0> 1B 4B n 00

m1 m2

8 dot normal density graphics 25

m1 m2 ... ...

<ESC> "L" n1 n2 1B 4C n1 n2

m1 m2

8 dot high density graphics 26

m1 m2

... ...

1-1-4. Download Graphics Printing

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "&" <0> n1 n2 .. 1B 26 00 n1 n2 .. Defines download characters 28
<ESC> "%" "1" 1B 25 31

Enables download character set 29
<ESC> "%" <1> 1B 25 01

<ESC> "%" "0" 1B 25 30 Disables download character set

29

<ESC> "%" <0> 1B 25 00 (Default)

1-1-5. Peripheral Device Control

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> <BEL> n1 n2 1B 07 n1 n2 Defines drive pulse width for peripheral

31

device #1
<BEL> 07 Controls peripheral device #1 31
<FS> 1C Controls peripheral device #1 immediately 32
<EM> 19 Controls peripheral device #2 immediately 32
<SUB> 1A Controls peripheral device #2 immediately 32

5

1-1-6. Auto Cutter Control (SP2500 type printers only)

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "d" "0" 1B 64 30

Full-cut command to the auto cutter 33
<ESC> "d" <0> 1B 64 00

<ESC> "d" "1" 1B 64 31

Partial-cut command to the auto cutter 33
<ESC> "d" <1> 1B 64 01

<ESC> "d" "2" 1B 64 32 Full-cut command to the auto cutter

33

<ESC> "d" <2> 1B 64 02 after paper feed
<ESC> "d" "3" 1B 64 33 Partial-cut command to the auto cutter

34

<ESC> "d" <3> 1B 64 03 after paper feed

1-1-7. Commands to Set the Page Format

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<ESC> "C"

n

1B 43

n

Set page length in lines 35
<ESC> "C" <0>

n

1B 43 00

n

Set page length in inches 35
<ESC> "N"

n

1B 4E

n

Set bottom margi

n

35

<ESC> "O" 1B 4F Cancel bottom margin (Default) 35

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1-1-8. Other Commands

Control Hexadecimal Function Page
Codes Codes

<CAN> 18 Cancels printer buffer & Initialize printer 36
<DC3> 13 Deselects printer 36
<DC1> 11 Sets select mode (Default) 36
<RS> 1E Beeps the buzzer 36
<ESC> "#N, n1 n2 n3 n4" 1B 23 N 2C n1 n2
<LF> <NUL>

n3 n

4 Sets memory switch 37

0A 00
<ESC> "@" 1B 40 Initialize printer 43
<EOT> 04 Transmits EOT status 44
<ENQ> 05 Transmits ENQ status 45
<ETB> 17 Confirms finish of printing 46
<ESC> <ACK> <SOH> IB 06 01 Transmits automatic status 46
<ESC> <RS> "a"

n

IB IE 61

n

Enables/disables automatic status 47

<ESC> "?" <LF> <NUL> 1B 3F 0A 00 Resets printer hardware and produce

47

a test print

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1-2. Control Code Details

The following section explains the details of the printer control codes.

1-2-1. Character Selection

FUNCTION

Selects the international character set

CODE

<ESC> "R"

n

(1B)H (52)H

n

DEFINITION RANGE

(00)H n (0E)H or n = (40)H

OUTLINE

Select the international character set corresponding to the value

set for n.

n

= (00)H: U.S.A. (06)H: Italy (OC)H: Latin America

(01)H: France (07)H: Spain-1 (0D)H: Korea

(02)H: Germany (08)H: Japan (0E)H: Ireland
(03)H: England (09)H: Norway (40)H: Legal
(04)H: Denmark-1 (0A)H: Denmark-2
(05)H: Sweden (0B)H: Spain-2

Default abides by memory switches 1-0 to 1-3.

FUNCTION

Selects zero style

CODE

<ESC> "/"

n

1B 2F

n

OUTLINE

Selects zero style
Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed with a slash

when n is 1 and without a slash when n is 0. The value of n can
be set to 0 (00H) or "0" (30)H or 1(0H) or "1" (31H).

The default may differ depending on the memory switch setting.

<

=

<

=

8

FUNCTION

Selects the character code table

CODE

<ESC> <GS> "t"

n

1B 1D 74

n

OUTLINE

Selects the character code table
This function selects a character code table (as shown below).

The default settings follow the settings of the memory switches 3-

8 to 3-5.

9

Value of

n

Character Table

Hex. Dec.

00 0 Normal (Default)
01 1 Code Page 437 (USA, Std. Europe)/IBM Character Set #2
02 2 Katakana
03 3 IBM Character Set #1
04 4 Codepage 858 (Multilingual)
05 5 Codepage 852 (Latin-2)
06 6 Codepage 860 (Portuguese)
07 7 Codepage 861 (Icelandic)
08 8 Codepage 863 (Canadian French)
09 9 Codepage 865 (Nordic)
0A 10 Codepage 866 (Cyrillic Russian)
0B 11 Codepage 855 (Cyrillic Bulgarian)
0C 12 Codepage 857 (Turkish)
0D 13 Codepage 862 (Hebrew)
0E 14 Codepage 864 (Arabic)
0F 15 Codepage 737 (Greek)
10 16 Codepage 851 (Greek)
11 17 Codepage 869 (Greek)
12 18 Codepage 928 (Greek)
13 19 Codepage 772 (Lithuanian)
14 20 Codepage 774 (Lithuanian)
15 21 Codepage 874 (Thai)
20 32 Codepage 1252 (Windows Latin-1)
21 33 Codepage 1250 (Windows Latin-2)
22 34 Codepage 1251 (Windows Cyrillic)
40 64 Codepage 3840 (IBM-Russian)
41 65 Codepage 3841 (Gost)
42 66 Codepage 3843 (Polish)
43 67 Codepage 3844 (CS2)
44 68 Codepage 3845 (Hungarian)
45 69 Codepage 3846 (Turkish)
46 70 Codepage 3847 (Brazil-ABNT)
47 71 Codepage 3848 (Brazil-ABICOMP)
48 72 Codepage 1001 (Arabic)
49 73 Codepage 2001 (Lithuanian-KBL)
4A 74 Codepage 3001 (Estonian-1)
4B 75 Codepage 3002 (Estonian-2)
4C 76 Codepage 3011 (Latvian-1)
4D 77 Codepage 3012 (Latvian-2)
4E 78 Codepage 3021 (Bulgarian)
4F 79 Codepage 3041 (Maltese)

10

FUNCTION

Selects IBM character set #2

CODE

<ESC> "6"
(1B)H (36)H

OUTLINE

Selects IBM character set #2.
Switches from IBM character set #1 to character set #2.

Subsequent 80H to 9FH codes are handled as character data.

This command is invalid when the character code table settings
are other than #1.

FUNCTION

Selects IBM character set #1

CODE

<ESC> "7"
(1B)H (37)H

OUTLINE

Selects IBM character set #1.
Switches from IBM character set #2 to character set #1.

Subsequent 80H to 9FH codes are handled as character data.

This command is invalid when the character code table settings
are other than #2.

FUNCTION

Selects 7 X 9 (half dot) font (Default)

CODE

<ESC> "M"
(1B)H (4D)H

OUTLINE

Selects 7 X 9 (half dot) font.
When the power of the printer is turned on, 7 X 9 (half dot)

printing is automatically selected.

The number of digits per line is set by the DIP switches in the

following way.

DSW 1 - 5 Digits Per Line

ON 42
OFF 40

(When right space of character is 0.)

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FUNCTION

Selects 5 X 9 (2 pulses per dot) font

CODE

<ESC> "P"
(1B)H (50)H

OUTLINE

Selects 5 X 9 (2 pulses = 1 dot) font.
The number of digits per line is set by the DIP switches in the

following way.

DSW 1 - 5 Digits Per Line

ON 35
OFF 33

(When right space of character is 0.)

FUNCTION

Selects 5 X 9 (3 pulses per dot) font

CODE

<ESC> ":"
(1B)H (3A)H

OUTLINE

Selects 5 X 9 (3 pulses = 1 dot) font.
The number of digits per line is set by the DIP switches in the

following way.

DSW 1 - 5 Digits Per Line

ON 23
OFF 22

FUNCTION

Selects character spacing

CODE

<ESC> <SP>

n

1B 20

n

OUTLINE

Sets the size of space to right of character. The value of n can be

set from 0 through 15, or from"0" through 9" and "A" through "F."

Spaces are doubled when printing using Printing magnified

double in character width.

The default value of n is 0.

12

FUNCTION

Sets the printing magnified double in character width

CODE

<SO>
(0E)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed in double-width characters.
Same as <ESC> "W" "1" or <ESC> "W" <1>.

FUNCTION

Resets the printing magnified in character width (Default)

CODE

<DC4>
(14)H

OUTLINE

Cancels expanded character mode set by <SO> or <ESC> "W"

"1" or <ESC> "W" <1> code. Data following this code is printed
out in normal size characters.

Same as <ESC> "W" "0" or <ESC> "W" <0>.

FUNCTION

Selects double magnification in character width

CODE

<ESC> "W" "1" or <ESC> "W" <1>
(1B)H (57)H (31)H or (1B)H (57)H (01)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed in double-width characters.
Same as <SO>.

FUNCTION

Resets magnification in character width

CODE

<ESC> "W" "0" or <ESC> "W" <0>
(1B)H (57)H (30)H or (1B)H (57)H (00)H

OUTLINE

Cancels expanded character mode set by <ESC> "W" "1" or

<ESC> "W" <1> or <SO> code. Data following this code is
printed out in normal size characters.

Same as <DC4>.

FUNCTION

Selects double magnification in character height

CODE

<ESC> "h"

n

1B 68

n

13

OUTLINE

Sets the magnification rate in character height
Prints the subsequent data with a character height magnified by a

rate specified by the value of n.

n

= 0 and "0"' Reset magnification

n

= 1 and "1": Double magnification

Note:

• You can print in quadruple magnification by combining
horizontal and vertical double magnification commands.

• You cannot combine with the inverted printed command.

• Line feeds of lines including vertical expansion characters are
doubled.

• When font configuration is 6 X 12 dots of IBM block graphics
characters, only the line amount is doubled.

• The bottom of the characters are aligned when one line
contains both vertical expanded characters and regular
character sizes.

FUNCTION

Selects underlining

CODE

<ESC> "-" "1" or <ESC> "-" <1>
(1B)H (2D)H (31)H or (1B)H (2D)H (01)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed out underlined. (However, the

spaces generated by horizontal tab are not underlined.)

FUNCTION

Cancels underlining (Default)

CODE

<ESC> "-" "0" or <ESC> "-" <0>
(1B)H (2D)H (30)H or (1B)H (2D)H (00)H

OUTLINE

Cancels underlined mode.

FUNCTION

Selects upperlining

CODE

<ESC> "_" "1" or <ESC> "_" <1>
(1B)H (5F)H (31)H or (1B)H (5F)H (01)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed out with an upperline.

(However the spaces generated by horizontal tab are not
upperlined.)

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FUNCTION

Cancels upperlining (Default)

CODE

<ESC> "_" "0" or <ESC> "_" <0>
(1B)H (5F)H (30)H or (1B)H (5F)H (00)H

OUTLINE

Cancels upperline mode.

FUNCTION

Selects red color printing (SP2360/2560)
Selects highlight printing (SP2320/2520)

CODE

<ESC> "4"
(1B)H (34)H

OUTLINE

(SP2360/2560) Specifies red printing
Prints subsequent characters in red. You can print both read and

black characters on the same line.
Unidirectional when switching red and black.
(SP2320/2520) Specifies black and white inverted printing
Inverts black and white and prints subsequent characters

including the character pitch. Printing is unidirectional. Do not

use when ANK font setting is 5 X 9 (3P = 1). (Printing quality is

not guaranteed with 5 X 9 (3P = 1)).

FUNCTION

Cancels red color printing (SP2360/2560)
Cancel highlighted print mode (SP2320/2520)

CODE

<ESC> "5"
(1B)H (35)H

OUTLINE

(SP2360/2560) Cancels red color printing and prints subsequent

characters in black.
(SP2320/2520) Cancels highlighted printing. (Default)

FUNCTION

Inverted printing

CODE

<SI>
(0F)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed out in inverted characters. This

code is valid only when input at the beginning of a line, so, normal

and inverted characters cannot be mixed in on the same line.

15

FUNCTION

Cancels inverted printing (Default)

CODE

<DC2>
(12)H

OUTLINE

Cancels the inverted character mode. This code is valid only

when input at the beginning of a line.

FUNCTION

Specifies rotated print mode for text with a rotation

CODE

<ESC> <RS> "i"

n

1B 1E 96

n

OUTLINE

This rotates and prints subsequent data 90° or 270° in the

clockwise direction or cancels it and prints. The n value

determines whether a rotational direction or a cancellation of the

rotation is specified.

n

Value Rotation Specification

00H or "0" Cancel rotation (0° rotation, default)
01H or "1" 270° rotation
02H or "2" 90° rotation

Underline or overline cannot be applied for rotated text. The

relationship of the vertical ratio and horizontal ratio for rotated

text is the reverse of when the rotation is cancelled.

FUNCTION

Selects emphasized printing

CODE

<ESC> "E"
(1B)H (45)H

OUTLINE

Data following this code is printed in the emphasized print mode.

In this mode, printing is uni-directional.

FUNCTION

Cancels emphasized printing (Dafault)

CODE

<ESC> "F"
(1B)H (46)H

OUTLINE

Cancels emphasized print mode.

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FUNCTION

Selects uni-directional print mode

CODE

<ESC> "U" "1" or <ESC> "U" <1>
(1B)H (55)H (31)H or (1B)H (55)H (01)H

OUTLINE

Prints only when the print head moves from left to right.

FUNCTION

Selects bi-directional print mode

CODE

<ESC> "U" "0" or <ESC> "U" <0>
(1B)H (55)H (30)H or (1B)H (55)H (00)H

OUTLINE

Returns to the standard bi-directional print mode. (This mode is

set automatically when the printer power is turned on.)

17

1-2-2. Ptint Position Control

FUNCTION

Line feed

CODE

<LF>
(0A)H

OUTLINE

Data in the line buffer is printed out and one line is fed. If data

does not exist before this code is received, the printer only feeds

one line.

FUNCTION

Vertical tab

CODE

<VT>
(0B)H

OUTLINE

Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab set position.
When a vertical tab is not set, line feed is not performed. If the

current line is at or below the last vertical tab set position, the

paper feeds to the top of the next page.

FUNCTION

Form feed

CODE

<FF>
(0C)H

OUTLINE

Inputting this code executes a page feed, on SP2320/2360 series

printers, after printing the data in the line buffer. On SP2520/

2560 series printers this code performs the following according to

the settings of the memory switches 0-2 and 0-3.

MSW 0-3 MSW 0-2

<FF> Command Function

SP2520/2560

0 0 Executes page feed
0 1 Executes full cut (*1) after feeding

paper to the cutting position.
1 0 Executes page feed
1 1 Executes partial cut (*1) after feeding

paper to the cutting position.

*1: Paper feed to the cutting position is executed in inches.

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FUNCTION

Carriage return

CODE

<CR>
(0D)H

OUTLINE

The <CR> code is valid when the memory switch 3-1 = 1 (set to 0

at exfactory). When the <CR> code is valid, setting the memory
switch 3-0 will cause the <CR> to function as shown in the table
below.

Memory Switch Setting <CR> Code Function

MSW 3-1 = 0 Ignored (at exfactory)

MSW 3-1 = 1

MSW 3-0 = 0 Same as <LF>
MSW 3-0 = 1 Prints only. No paper feed

FUNCTION

Feed paper n lines

CODE

<ESC> "a"

n

(1B)H (61)H

n

1

<

=

n

<

=

127

OUTLINE

After data in the line buffer is printed out, feeds the paper n lines.

FUNCTION

Horizontal tab

CODE

<HT>
(09)H

OUTLINE

The print position skips to the next horizontal tab position in line.

If the current position is after the final horizontal tab position that
can be executed, this code is ignored. (Underlining and overlining
do not take place in the spaces between characters set with the
horizontal tab function.)

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FUNCTION

Define n/72-inch line spacing

CODE

<ESC> "A"

n

(1B)H (41)H

n

DEFINITION RANGE

0

<

=

n

<

=

85 (Default n = 12)

OUTLINE

Line feed is defined at n/72-inch after this code is received.
This code sets the feed at n/72-inch with the <ESC> "2" code.

FUNCTION

Set n/72-inch line spacing

CODE

<ESC> "2"
1B)H (32)H

OUTLINE

This code sets the line feed at a defined value with the <ESC>

"A" previously described. Line feed pitch is 1/6 inch when <ESC>
"A" n is not set.

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to 1/12-inch

CODE

<ESC> "z" "0" or <ESC> "z" <0>
(1B)H (7A)H (30)H or (1B)H (7A)H (00)H

OUTLINE

Line feed is set at 1/12-inch after this code is received.

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to 1/6-inch (Default)

CODE

<ESC> "z" "1" or <ESC> "z" <1>
(1B)H (7A)H (31)H or (1B)H (7A)H (01)H

OUTLINE

Line feed is set at 1/6-inch after this code is received.

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to 1/8-inch

CODE

<ESC> "0"
(1B)H (30)H

OUTLINE

Line feed is set at 1/8-inch after this code is received.

20

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to 7/72 inch

CODE

<ESC> "1"
(1B)H (31)H

OUTLINE

Line feed is set at 7/72-inch after this code is received.

FUNCTION

One time n/72-inch feed

CODE

<ESC> "J"

n

(1B)H (4A)H

n

DEFINITION RANGE

1

<

=

n

<

=

255

OUTLINE

This code activates the n/72-inch paper feed once.

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to n/216-inch approximately

CODE

<ESC> "3"

n

(1B)H (33)H

n

DEFINITION RANGE

1

<

=

n

<

=

255

OUTLINE

Setting value is approximated using the following equation

because the minimum pitch of the paper feed mechanism is 1/
144 inch.

INT (n X 2/3 + 0.5)/144 inches

FUNCTION

Sets line spacing to n/144-inch

CODE

<ESC> "y"

n

(1B)H (79)H

n

DEFINITION RANGE

1

<

=

n

<

=

255

OUTLINE

Line feed is set at n/144-inch after this code is received.
Default is n = 24.

21

FUNCTION

Sets horizontal tab stops

CODE

<ESC> "D"

n1 n2

...nk <0>

(1B)H (44)H

n1 n2

...nk (00)H

DEFINITION RANGE

1

<

=

n1

<

=

n2

<

=

n3

... <

nk

<

=

(Maximum print columns -1),

1

<

=

k

<

=

16

OUTLINE

Cancels all horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops within the

character pitch at

n1, n2

, etc. You can set up to 16 individual tab

stops (1

<

=

n1

<

=

n2

<

=

n3

...n16

<

=

maximum printing digits). Tab

stops must be set in ascending order. If tab stops are set in an
order which differs fro this, it will end. A <0> code is added as the
ending edge. All tab stops are cleared by inputting <ESC> "D"
<0>. The reference point for the tab positions is left edge of the
paper, regarless of the settings for the left margin. When you
turn ON the power, the horizontal tabs are not set.

FUNCTION

Sets left margin

CODE

<ESC> "l"

n

1B 6C

n

OUTLINE

Sets the non-printable range with the current character pitch up to

the nth postion with the left edge as the reference, after printing
the data in the line buffer.

Settings changed partway through a line take effect from the

subsequent line. Changing the character pitch after setting does
not change the left margin. The left margin is the left edge is
when the power is turned ON.

The left margin must be at least 18 dots within the following

values in the left edge of the right margin. Also, if there is less
than one character including the space between characters in the
printable range set for the left and right margins, a "?" will be
printed instead of the character because printing is not possible
there.

The range of n is 0

<

=

n

<

=

(right margin -2)

<

=

255. The default

is n = 0.

22

FUNCTION

Sets right margin

CODE

<ESC> "Q"

n

1B 51

n

OUTLINE

Sets the non-printable range with the current character pitch up to

the nth postion with the left edge as the reference, after printing
the data in the line buffer.

Settings changed partway through a line take effect from the

subsequent line. Changing the character pitch after setting does
not change the right margin. The right margin is the right edge is
when the power is turned ON.

The right margin must be at least 18 dots within the following

values. Also, if there is less than one character including the
space between characters in the printable range set for the left
and right margins, a "?" will be printed instead of the character
because printing is not possible there.

The range of n is 2

<

=

n

<

=

<maximum number of printable digits>

<

=

255. The default is n = maximum number of printable digits>.

23

FUNCTION

Aligns position

CODE

<ESC> <GS> "a"

n

(1B)H (1D)H (61)H

n

Sets the alignment of the positions.

OUTLINE

Aligns all print data of one line to the specified position.
n = (00)H, "0": Left edge alignment (default)

(01)H, "1": Center alignment
(02)H, "2": Right edge alignment

ABC
ABCD
ABCDE

ABC

ABCD

ABCDE

ABC

ABCD

ABCDE

<ESC> <GS> “a” “0”

<ESC> <GS> “a” “1”

<ESC> <GS> “a” “2”

Note:

• Effective only when input at the beginning of the line.

• Align positions within the printable range that has been set.

• Skipped areas by the horizontal tab are also targeted for
position alignment.